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Microsoft will start shipping 64-bit editions of Windows Server and Windows XP at the end of this month. Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition are designed to provide customers with increased performance, reliability and security, while giving them the ability to run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. Advantages of the 64-bit Windows platform include increased ...

Motorola has opened an applied research lab in Bangalore, the 11th such lab for Motorola and the company’s first in India. The move represents an overall push for the company in India. Motorola’s R&D investment in the country has grown this year to $85m in technology and R&D, up from approximately $50m in 2002. Further, the company said it plans ...

Microsoft has gone on the offensive against Linux by announcing the results of tests it commissioned on the reliability of Windows and Linux. The software giant commissioned tests from VeriTest, the independent testing division of Lionbridge Technologies, and it says the results show that Windows Server 2003 was more reliable than Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 in a simulated ...

Based on proprietary data that indicates the semiconductor industry is distancing itself from a major recession, the threat of such a recession is becoming even more remote, market researchers at Advanced Forecasting believe. The firm points to recently published industry data to support its position in which shipments of IC units ceased to decline for two months (January and February) ...

The UK economy has an unprecedented opportunity for expansion founded on the knowledge-based industries, according to Sir Digby Jones, director-general of the CBI. “It’s what we do with science which makes the difference,” Jones told Electronics Weekly, “we have to be clever about how we live on our skills in science and innovation.” The opportunity comes from the sound economic ...

So-called hi-tech crime cost UK companies at least £2.45bn last year, according to a survey carried out for the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit. Nearly 90 per cent of the 200 companies surveyed said they suffered from some form of hi-tech crime during 2004, with 90 per cent of those reporting unauthorised access to, or penetration of, their company systems. Theft of ...

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) both report a two per cent decline for chip sales in February compared with January and the SIA reckons, on current trends, that its flat forecast for 2005 have been overly cautious. “Flat sales in January followed by a modest sequential decline in February are actually encouraging signs given ...

Intel has said that its Japanese subsidiary, Intel K.K. (IJKK), would accept the recommendation from the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) dated March 8, although it made clear it does not agree with the facts underlying the allegations and the application of law in the recommendation. As a result of its acceptance of the recommendation, the company must alter business ...

Welsh epitaxial wafer maker IQE says it has seen a substantial increase in business from the optical communications sector. The firm, which was forced to find other markets after the downturn of 2000, is seeing demand from Japan as the opening up of the local loop increases component demand, said Drew Nelson, president and CEO of IQE. There was also ...

ThruVision, which uses the body’s natural radiation to detect items concealed beneath clothing, is raising more venture capital to expand manufacturing facilities as it moves towards volume production. “We have substantial orders from our first customers and are raising further venture capital to accelerate the roll-out of production units,” Dr Jonathan James, the founder of ThruVision, told EW. “We’ll be ...